Elastic connection for garment-supporters.



W. D. BORDER. ELASTIC CONNECTION FOR GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

APPLICATION HLED DEC- 2|. 191B.

Patented Mar; 11, 1919.

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ELASTIC CONNECTION FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11, 1919.

Application filed December 21, 1918. Serial No. 267,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WAITMAN D. Comma, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Philippi, county of Barbour and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elastic Connections for Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to garment supporters, and more specifically to an elastic connection for suspenders and similar garment supporting devices.

The chief object of the invention is to provide an attaching end for suspenders and kindred garment supports which embodies an elastic construction affording the requisite resilience or elasticity and which, consequently, permits of the use of inelastic webbing in the body of the support.

A further object within the contemplation of the invention is to provide an elastic device of the character mentioned which is simple and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and which does not possess the objectionable bulkiness common to most prior devices of this character.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the attaching end of a suspender embodying my invention, a portion of the webbing of the pocket being shown broken away, and

Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially on line 22, Fig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates a pocket formed in an end of a suspender strap which is preferably composed of inelastic webbing. Said pocket is formed by doubling the webbing back upon itself and attaching the doubled-o'er portion 2 to the portion 3 located rearward thereof, as by one or more rows of stitching located adjacent to the opposite lateral edges and at the upper end of said portion 2. Depending within the upper part of the pocket 1 is a loop 4 of tape or other suitable material the ends of which are preferably attached to the webbing by means of the same stitching which secures in place the upper end of the portion 2 of said webbing. An oblong ring 5 is carried by said loop 4, and attached to said rin is ahook 6 formed integral with a clamp which permanently grips the upper end of a cord 8 that occupies a central vertical position within said pocket. Said cord 8 is terminated at a suitable distance above the lower end of said pocket 1 and is either knotted at, or carries a metal clamp 9 upon, its lower end. A coil compression spring 10 disposed in encircling relation to said cord 8 has its lower end seated upon the knot or clamp 9, as the case may be; and resting upon the upper end of said spring is the horizontal portion of a yoke 11, centrally apertured as shown at 13, which has its opposite ends shaped to form integral clamps 12. Permanently held within the rip of said clamps 12 are the opposite ends of a cord 14 which depends in loop form and extends outward from the pocket through a metal eyelet or gromet provided in a central position at the lower end of said pocket. A metal clamp 15 embraces the two similar members of said cord 14 at a point outside said pocket and at a suflicient distance from the merging point of said members to provide a loop 14 adapted to receive a button or other attaching member 16 carried by a runner 17 in which is slidably mounted an intermediate portion of a common form of runner cord 18 having button-receiving loops 19 at its opposite ends.

As is apparent, a downward pull on the looped cord 14, or an upward pull on the webbing strap 3, results in placing the spring 10 under compression, the yoke 11 being actuated to move downward along the cord 8 against the tension of said spring.

Due to the divergently inclined relation of the portions of the opposite members of the cord 14 which are located within the pocket 1, the cord 8 and its encircling spring 10 are permitted to occupy a position inter mediate said members, as shown in Fig. 1.

What is claimed is 1. An elastic connection of the character described, comprising a pocket, a member suspended vertically within said pocket, a coil compression spring carried in encircling relation to said member and supported at its lower end adjacent to the lower end of said member, a supporting element resting upon said spring, a cord having its opposite ends attached to said element at opposite sides of the sprin -carrying member and depending from said element in loo-p form with its loop-end projecting outward from the lower end of said pocket.

2. An elastic connection of the character described, com rising a pocket, a member suspended vertlcally within said pocket, a

coil compression sprin carried in encircling relation to said mem er and supported at its lower end adjacent to the lower end of said member, a yoke seated upon the upper end of said spring, clamps carried by said yoke at opposite sides of the spring-carrying member, and a looped cord having its loop end projecting outward through the lower end of said pocket and having its ends rigidly held by said clamps.

3. An elastic connection of the character described, comprising a pocket, a member suspended vertically within said pocket, a coil compression spring carried in encircling relation to. said member and supported at its lower end adjacent to the lower end of said member, a yoke seated upon the upper end of said spring, clamps carried by said yoke at opposite sides of the springcarrying member, and a looped cord having its loop end iprojecting outward through the lower end 0 said pocket and having its ends rigidly held by said clamps, the oppo site members of said looped rord being divergently inclined from the lower end of said pocket to said clamps so that they lie at opposite sides of said spring-carrying member.

4. An elastic connection of the character described, comprising a webbing shaped to form a pocket, a cord suspended vertically in a central position within said pocket, a coil suspension spring carried in encircling relation to said cord, means carried by the lower end of said cord for supporting said spring, a yoke slidably mounted on said cord and resting upon the upper end of said spring, and a looped cord suspended from said yoke and havln its loop end extendin outward through t e lower end of sai pocket, the ends of said looped cord being rigidly attached to said yoke and the opposite members of said cord occupying divergently inclined positions on opposite sides of said spring-carrying cord.

5. An elastic connection of the character described, comprising a Webbing slmped to form a pocket, a cord suspended vertically in a central position within said pocket, a coil suspension spring carried in encircling relation to said cord, means carried by the lower end of said cord for supportin said spring, a yoke slidably mounted on said cord and resting upon the upper end of said spring, a looped cord suspended from said yoke and having its loop end extending outward through the lower end of said pocket, the ends of said looped cord being rigidly attached to said yoke and the opposite members of said cord occupying diverge-ntly inclined positions on opposite sides of said spring-carrying cord, a clamp embracing said looped cord intermediate the loop end thereof and said pocket to form an eye at said loop end, a suspender attaching member having button-receiving loops therein, and means for supporting said member from said eye.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VVAITMAN DEVER CORDER.

Witnesses:

B. J. BEoHM, F. H. PROUDFOGT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0." 

